REPORT on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024

Tabled by Matthieu Valet, Pierre-Romain Thionnet, Silvia Sardone, Susanna Ceccardi, Roberto Vannacci

… the new global actors, especially those focusing on democracy and human rights; Removed: reiterates the need for the EU and its Member States to speak with one voice at the UN and in other multilateral forums in order to effectively tackle global challenges to human rights and democracy in multilateral forums and to support the strongest possible language in line with international human rights standards; calls, to this end, for progress in ensuring that the EU has a seat in international organisations, including the UN Security Council, in addition to the existing Member States’ seats; calls for EU delegations to play a stronger role in multilateral forums, for which they should have appropriate resources available; Added: firmly rejects the proposal to grant the EU a permanent seat in all multilateral forums, as this would erode national sovereignty and constrain Member States’ ability to act in their national interests; stresses that conferring quasi-state attributes on the EU poses a direct threat to the sovereignty of Member States and represents another step toward federalisation;

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE769.723v01-00